Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 415

PROCLAMATION.

NEW SOUTH WALES, TO WIT.

(l.s.) HAMPDEN, Governor.

By His Excellency the Right Honourable Henry Robert, Viscount Hampden, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New South Wales and its dependencies.

WHEREAS the Governor is empowered by section 1 of “The Vegetation Diseases Act, 1897,” to prohibit, by Proclamation in the Gazette, the introduction into this colony of any plant or fruit which is, in the opinion of the Governor, likely to introduce any disease or insect into the said colony: Now, therefore, I, Henry Robert, Viscount Hampden, the Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Council, do by this my Proclamation prohibit the introduction into this colony from any place outside the colony of any plant or fruit affected by codling-moth (Carpocapsa pomonella), Queensland fruit-fly (Tephrites), pear-tree slug (Celandria cerasi), scale insects (Coccid), including San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus), or such other diseases as may from time to time be proclaimed in the Government Gazette.

Any plant introduced in contravention of the above Proclamation may be forthwith destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Minister may direct.

Given under my hand and seal, at Government House, Sydney, this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and in the sixty-first year of Her Majesty’s reign.

By His Excellency’s command.
SYDNEY SMITH.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Memorandum to Receivers of Public Moneys.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury accounts of the current financial year ending on Thursday, the 31st instant, Receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for a special period to end on that day, and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General immediately after the close of the bank on that date.

The account for the special period is to include all receipts after bank hours on Saturday, the 26th March, and the whole of the subsequent transactions up to the time when the bank closes on Thursday, the 31st instant.

Officers who render four-weekly accounts will extend their account to Thursday, the 31st instant, so as to embrace all transactions from the closing of the bank on the 26th February to the 31st March.

If any bank receipts for moneys paid in on or before the 31st instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been posted, Receivers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first ordinary account for the new year shall be for the period from the 1st to the 9th April, both inclusive, and is only to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the 31st instant, or collected after bank hours on that date.

The first four-weekly account shall be for the period from the 1st to the 23rd April, both inclusive.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

The foregoing instructions are also to apply to deposits and law trust accounts.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

The Treasury, Wellington, 1st March, 1898.

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Notice to Mariners, No. 12 of 1898.

EXHIBITION OF LIGHTS AT SOUTH HEAD, HOKIANGA RIVER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bright mast-head light will be exhibited at South Head, Hokianga River, from sunset to sunrise, on and after the 15th day of March, 1898.

The light is situated at the base of the signal staff, at an elevation of 152 ft. above sea-level, and will show over an arc of 220°. It will be visible seaward all round as far as the land will allow, and it will also be visible up the harbour round as far as Sharp Peak. In ordinary weather the light will be seen at a distance of about ten nautical miles.

LEADING-LIGHTS.

In addition to the above-mentioned light, two white lights are kept at this station for the purpose of being used as temporary leading-lights for guiding vessels across the bar by night when required. These lights are only to be used when the Harbourmaster thinks it is prudent to do so.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 2525 and 1091A; “New Zealand Pilot,” Chapter vi., pages 203 to 210.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of March, 1898.

A. A. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 15 acres, more or less, being Rural Section 32884, Block X., Alford Survey District, in the Provincial District of Canterbury.

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Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

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Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations relating thereto.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1898.

THE first election of members of the College Council will be held on Monday, the 11th April, 1898; the poll closing at 5 o’clock p.m.

The members to be elected are,—

(a.) Three by members of the Legislature for the time being resident in, or representing electoral districts wholly or mainly within, the Wellington, Nelson, Westland, Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki Provincial Districts;

(b.) Three by persons who, being holders of a degree of any university of the United Kingdom or of any British colony, are for the time being resident within any of the said provincial districts;

(c.) Three by such persons holding certificates under section 45 of “The Education Act, 1877,” as are over the age of twenty-one years and for the time being resident within any of the said provincial districts;

(d.) Three by members of the Education Boards of the education districts wholly or partly within any of the said provincial districts.